"Micah Clarke - Tome I" by Arthur Conan Doyle is a historical adventure novel published in 1889. Set during the Monmouth Rebellion of 1685, it follows young Micah Clarke as he transforms from a naive boy seeking adventure into a hardened soldier of fortune. Fighting for the Protestant cause against Catholic King James II, Micah experiences brutal battles, witnesses mass executions, faces the infamous Judge Jeffreys in court, and narrowly escapes slavery. The novel explores religious extremism and the price of rebellion in seventeenth-century England. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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